UAE approves ImmunityBio's Anktiva for bladder and lung cancer

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ImmunityBio Receives United Arab Emirates (UAE) Marketing Authorization for ANKTIVA® Across BCG-Unresponsive Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer for CIS and Papillary Disease and Metastatic Non-Small

July 29, 2026 6:45 PM EDT

The UAE authorization further expands ANKTIVAs global regulatory footprint to 34 countries. The BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) authorization is the first worldwide to span the full spectrum of BCG-unresponsive disease: carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without papillary tumors, and papillary disease alone without CIS. The Emirates Drug Establishment (EDE) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) granted Marketing Authorization for two ANKTIVA presentations, the broadest approval to date for ANKTIVA including papillary disease and CIS in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and non-small cell lung cancer in patients who failed checkpoint inhibitors and... More